Thursday, September 26, 2013

From StandWithUs , an international, nonprofit organization supporting Israel around the
world.

Cal
State University Northridge [CSUN] mathematics professor David Klein
has posted anti-Israel defamations on the CSUN server. These
inflammatory web pages violate Cal State University standards and
policy, and foster a hostile environment for pro-Israel students on
campus. Thus far, CSUN officials have refused to remove the offending
web pages.

Background.
David Klein, professor of mathematics at Cal State University
Northridge (CSUN) posted anti-Semitic, anti-Israel material web pages on
the CSUN server. One page, “Boycott Israel,”
is crude anti-Israel propaganda with the inflammatory header that
“Israel is the most racist state in the world at this time,” links to
anti-Israel websites and materials,and gruesome photos of dead children
to imply that Israel intentionally murders Palestinian babies—that is,
the medieval blood libel charge.

On a separate page, Klein posted an open letter
to CSU’s Chancellor, urging CSU to reverse its decision to reinstate
the study abroad program in Israel because Israel is an “apartheid,”
dangerous state where American students would face discrimination and
even possible death at the hands of the IDF.

These
web pages should be removed immediately from the CSUN server. They
violate CSU’s policy of prohibiting misuse of the school name for
political purposes. They also are intended to incite hatred of Israel
and Israel’s supporters. Professor Klein’s materials, with their double
standards, distorted facts, and demonization of Israel are clear
examples of what the US State Department identifies as the new
Anti-Semitism. Unfortunately, the letter urging revocation of CSUN’s
study abroad program was signed by over 77 CSU faculty and staff,
including the CSUN Deans of Humanities and of Arts and Humanities.

What can you do to help?

Sign an open letter to the university:

The
Amcha Initiative, founded by Professors Tammi Benjamin and Leila
Beckwith, has posted a letter to Cal State University Chancellor Reed,
urging that these offensive web pages be removed from the CSUN server.